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- History Review
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- The time is now.
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- Our story takes place in the distant galaxy of Heoius, in the far reaches of
- deep space. Arionx, has just been exiled by his father Posidex, to this
- garbage dump of a planet, called by locals and maps as SL-13.
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- The SL group of planets were once very well know for their mineral and
- stratigical importance, but due to intense mining operations throughout
- the group of planets, only a handful of miners and the like are left,
- the majority of these going on to SL-124 and SL-43; only a few light years
- travel away...Others, simply moving on, leaving in disgust and anger over
- their tremendous mining losses and false, empty claims...And shattered
- dreams.
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- SL-13 was a primary target during the BATTLE and was used extensively for
- stratigical purposes by all three armies, not to mention the large groups of
- thieves, whores, crooks and the like who scavanged the land...When locals
- were plentiful and careless...And vast fortunes were made by miners, who
- really didn't give a hoot about a ghiod here or there...
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- SL-13's main claim to fame, came about several generations ago, when the
- planet was used by most intergalatic travelers for refueling their ships,
- repairs, and for finding personal wants satisfied, in terms of partnership,
- drink and merriment...The five majors, were fully aware at that time of
- the significance of their little oasis in space and guarded it with life and
- limb !!
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- Today however, only a handful of these greedy characters are to be found...
- Scattered about randomly over the livable surface...Some living in large
- groups of up to 100 individuals with creatures from ever dark corner of
- space...
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- Arionx, is at the edge of a large industrial town called Dowwn, once the
- hub of all social activities on SL-13, now lying in ruins, torn apart from
- corner to corner, by the BATTLE.
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- Gans, is an object that covers the solution, to be found in the dark recess
- of the main buiding of Dowwn. Gans, also has an identical twin, named Droxet,
- that is fully capable of impersonating Gans at any point.
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- Arionx, is placed by his father in this room of mazes and traps that holds
- the solution. You must find Gans and uncover the solution, bit by bit...So
- that you can once again be free and return to your family and friends far,
- far away...
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- The room that Arionx is in, was once used extensively for researching the
- mind, body and memory capabilities of locals, during the quiet period of
- history, long ago...
- If a local was successful, he would be rewarded handsomely, otherwise,
- die at the hands of Cex...A very crude and backward society, to say
- the least !!
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- This room, called the Show room, was designed by one of the five majors(see
- Game II, for completed description on majors) and contains a removable stone
- surface of approximately 100 individual stones, about 1 foot square apiece.
- Plus a number of pebbels, rocks, bricks, and other mineral deposits...
- Under each square, would lie parts of major puzzles, treasures, golx, silx,
- marriage grants, land deeds, jobs advancemnets...DEATH !!
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- Each stone, or tile, was given a name to represent a particular famous
- figure or event of the Great past...
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- Gans Geiorx, was a famous local military figure, who was credited with
- creating one of the first organized group of locals for preparation of the
- great BATTLE...He gave his life in the BATTLE and because of his heroism
- and leadership, a stone was named in his honor in the Show room, long ago...
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- Arionx, seeks Gans(the stone), because under Gans, lies a chance to get
- the solution(s). You have been placed by your father, in the center of the
- Show room...
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- Now finding Gans, is a different story, because it is 1/100 of
- possible stones and what's worse, the room can change at any given point,
- as a movable level lies under the stone surface, so what you find under one
- stone one time, might not be there the second time, but may appear
- the third time, if then...
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- There is also another level below...
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- The complete series of six games are as follows:
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- Game I Battle of Trixdental: Birth of Arionx
- Game II Arionx and the legend of Sxilus
- Game III Arionx: Seeker of Gans
- Game IV Battle of Xingus: Rule of the Ring of Anxxeus
- Game V Caverns o' Golx and Silx: The other dimensions
- Game VI Return of the exiled king of Anxxeus
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- All six games are written in TURBO PROLOG and are free for distribution and
- copying.
- All six games are interwoven and the sixth game, has a master solution to
- which the player has a chance to obtain a valuable earthly possession...
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- Each game, like this one, has its own history file(what your reading now)
- and will describe in detail particulars you need to know about the game and
- what is happening event wise in the series...
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- For any questions or comments, please write to me directly, the author.
- I can be reached at:
- Dan Dalal
- P.O. Box 8003
- Santa Cruz, CA. 95061-8003
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- I would like to hear any feedback you may have regarding this game, bugs,
- a copy of the source code, etc...
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- Thanks for playing.
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- *******************************NOTE***************************************
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- Please copy this file along with the main program file(ARIONX.EXE) when
- making copies, so that the next user has the same advantage as you do.
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- You can press the 'ESC' key at this time to return to the main menu.
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